Cigar-rolling table.



R. ANNIGONI.

CIGAR ROLLING TABLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22 Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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I U'Nrrn s'rarns PATENT OFFICE.

RIOOIARDO ANNIGONI, OF ASTORIA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PROSPERO DE NOBILI, OF SPEZIA, ITALY, AS GENERAL PARTNER OF IROSIERO DE NOBILI & CO., A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

CIGAR-ROLLING TABLE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICOIARDO ANNIGONI, a subject of the King of Italy, and resident of Astoria, county of Queens, and State of New York, have made a certain new and use ful invention Relating to Cigar-Rolling Tables, of which the following is a specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming part of the same.

This invention relates to cigar rolling tables and relates especially to a rolling table cigar machine comprising a resilient table plate with an upwardly arching elliptical working face and downwardly and inwardly curving retaining and sup orting members having cooperating upward y curving aliners, the swinging roll cooperating with this table exerting in connection therewith an automatically compensating pressure on the bunch or cigar being rolled.

In the accompanying drawings showing an illustrative embodiment of this invention, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially along the line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, parts being broken away. Fig. 8 is a detail plan View showing the apron fastener.

In the illustrative embodiment of this invention shown in the drawings the working parts may be mounted on a rigid frame comprising the legs 1 which may be formed of angle iron held together by suitable braces, such as 2, 3 and carrying the transverse cross-bar 6 and support 8 secured thereto in a similar manner. The rock-shaft 4 may be mounted in the braces 2 and may carry rigidly secured thereto the rock arms 5 either side of the machine, the pin 25 passing through both of these arms near their outer ends and serving to support the roll 15 which rotates freely thereon. Suitable handles such as 23 may be secured to the arms and serve to oscillate the roll across the table.

The compensating table may be formed of a resilient table plate 12 of any suitable material such as thin sheet steel having an upwardly arching elliptical form as indicated in Fig. 1 and having at the front end the downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member 7 which may be held in position upon the frame in any desired way as by a series of bolts 27 holding the same upon the crossbar 6. The table plate may also, if desired, have the integral downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member 28 at its rear end pro- Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 439,690.

vided with the bearing portion 9 which preferably loosely rests upon the support 8 so as to slide thereon during the operation of the machine, the forward movement of this supporting member being resisted by suitably yielding alining means. Suitable aliners may be used for this purpose, such as the inwardly and upwardly curving aliner 10 which may be formed integral with the table plate and supporting member and may cooperate with a similarly, formedgintegral aliner 11 on the front retaining member. These two aliners are normally resiliently pressed together and additional forward pressure of the bunch 14 upon the rear slope of the supporting member 28 is of course transmitted in both directions through the table plate, tending to bow or arch up the working face of the plate and also to force the aliners togetherso that theyhave a rolling contact with each other as their free ends are forced upward.

An apron 13 of any suitable material such as canvas may be mounted to cooperate with the table in any desired way, the forward end of the apron being preferably clamped in position by the apron fastener 20 in the form of a bar extending across the front of the machine and having a beveled edge to wedge between the retainer member and cross-bar 6. One end of this fastener may have a depending lug 24 to fit around the leg 1 and be thereby held in position and the other end of the fastener may be formed with a recurved end 21 forming a more solid support for the pin 22 fitting behind a similar corner of the other leg 1. The apron is of course looped around the roll so as to form a suitable pocket for the bunch 1 1 and its rear end is carried around the take-up bar 16 mounted in suitable brackets 19 on the frame and carrying the ratchet 17 with which the stationary spring pawl 18 cooperates to allow the convenient adjustment of the apron tension.

It will of course be understood that in making Italian cigars for which this machine is especially adapted the long filler may be inserted in the apron pocket formed at the rear or charging end of the table and the paste and a suitable wrapper applied to the apron and then upon swinging the roll forward the filler is rolled and the wrapper applied thereto to form in this instance a long cylindrical bunch which may have a length of 18 or 20 inches so as to form when severed l a number of Italian cigars. When a comparatively large amount of filler is placed in the apron pocket the increased diameter of the forming bunch naturally causes an increased initial pressure against the rear slope of the table plate. This will in the manner indicated cause the working face of the table plate to arch up to a greater extent and thus exert a greater resilient pressure against the forming bunch, the resilient aliners preventing the undue forward movement of the supporting member over the support. On the other hand, if only a small amount of filler is inserted in the apron pocket the resilient table plate exerts a more gentle pressure against the forming bunch so that cigars of different diameter can be properly rolled on the same table.

Having described this invention in connection with an illustrative embodiment thereof to the details of which disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited, what is claimed as new and what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

1. In cigar machines, a frame comprising a support, an elliptical arching table plate of thin resilient material having an integral downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said frame and an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner integral with said retainer member, said table plate having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end provided with a bearing portion having loose sliding engagement with said support and having an integral inwardly and upwardly curving aliner engaging the a iner on said retainer member and adapted to have rolling contact therewith when said supporting member is pressed forward during the operation of the machine, a rock shaft mounted in said frame, rock arms secured to said shaft and a roll revolubly mounted in said arms to cooperate with said table plate, a rolling apron having its front end secured to said frame by a fastener having a beveled edge wedging said apron under said retainer member, said fastener having at one end a downwardly projecting lug cooperating with said frame and having at the other end a recurved portion, a fastener pin passing through the doubled end of said fastener and cooperating with said frame and a take-up engaging the rear end of said apron.

2. In cigar machines, a support, an elliptically arching table plate of thin resilientmaterial having an integral downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and having an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner integral with said retainer member, said table plate having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end provided with a bearing portion having loose sliding engagement with said support and having an integral inwardly and upwardly curving aliner engaging the aliner on said retainer member, an oscillating roll cooperating with said table plate and a rolling apron cooperating with said table plate and said roll.

3. In cigar machines, a support, an arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and having a downwardly and in: wardly curving supporting member at its rear end provided with a bearing portion having loose engagement with said support and resilient aliner means resisting the forward movement of said retainer member upon said support, a roll and apron cooperating with said table plate.

4. In cigar machines, a support, an arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and hav ing a downwardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and resilient alining means resisting the forward movement of said supporting member over said support, a moving roll and apron cooperating with said table plate.

5. In cigar machines, a support, an arching table plate of thin resilient material having an integral downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner, said table plate having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end provided with a bearing portion having loose engagement with said support and having an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner engaging the aliner on said retainer member.

6. In cigar machines, a support, an arch ing table plate of resilient material having a downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and yielding alining means retarding the forward movement of said supporting member on said support.

7. In cigar machines, a support, an upwardly arching table plate of resilient material having a dow wardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and yielding alining means resisting the forward movement of said supporting member upon said support.

8. In cigar machines, a support, an arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly curving retainer member engaging said support and having a downwardly extending supporting member at its rear end engaging said support, and an apron and roll cooperating with said table plate.

9. In cigar machines, a support, an up wardly arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at one end engaging said su port and having a downwardly and inward y curving supporting member at its other end engaging sald support, one of said members having loose engagement with said sup ort and an apron and roll cooperating witli said table plate.

10. In cigar machines, a support, an upwardly arching table plate of resilient material having at one end a downwardly and inwardly curving member loosel engaging said support and an apron and ro l cooperating with said table plate.

11. In cigar machines, a support, an upwardly arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member engaging said support and having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member engaging said support and an apron and roll cooperating with said table plate.

12. In cigar machines, a support, an upwardly arching table plate of resilient material having at one end a downwardly and inwardly curving resilient member engaging said support and having at its other end a yielding member engaging said support and an apron and roll cooperating with said table.

RICOIARDO ANN IGONI. lVitnesses: 5V

HARRY L. DUNCAN,

J nssrn B. KAY. 

